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Projects in Development

The Why Collective is a group of artists and creators who develop new, multi-disciplinary works in collaboration with one another all over New York City. 

She Breathes Fire

She Breathes Fire is a new opera for voice and movement conceived by Stacy Busch. It dismantles patriarchal systems and toxic gender binaries by recontextualizing the Hero’s Journey. Learn more about this project here.

She Breathes Fire is conducting a developmental workshop at HERE Arts in New York! 

November 2, 2024

7:00 PM (8:00 PM talk back)
HERE Arts NYC

Hildegard, Reborn

Hildegard, Reborn, a new show by Rocky Duval, is a unique look at the life and work of the extraordinary personality, Hildegard von Bingen. Learn more about this project. 

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Not [      ] Enough

Not [     ] Enough is a new, interdisciplinary theatrical work currently in development. The experimental narrative explores the challenges of a young man who found himself caught between the hearing and Deaf worlds, and follows his journey with identity, acceptance, and belonging. Composed in ASL, with sign-for-sign English translation, this epic poem dance fusion is created equally for D/deaf and hearing audiences. Learn more about this project.

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Transport

Transport is a double bill fusion of the one-woman chamber opera, Another Sunrise (Heggie/Scheer) and the rarely performed oratorio, Judas Maccabeus (Handel). Learn more about this project.

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The Smallest Sound in the Smallest Space

Smallest Sound is a play-opera in its second iteration with The Why Collective. It follows four different University voice students participating in an investigation into the behavior of their teacher, Kent Randall, who has been publicly accused of sexual assault. Smallest Sound is written and conceived by Bryce McClendon. 
Learn more about this project.

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